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Horsley 7/8
Color Terms
Question | Answer |
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How do you perceive white? | When all wavelengths are reflected back to your eye. |
How do you perceive black? | When no light is reflected back to your eye. |
What is hue? | Hue refers to the color itself. It is a type of color or shade. |
What are the primary colors? | They are the basic colors that create the other colors in all things. They include red, yellow, and blue. |
What are the secondary colors? | These colors are made of two primary colors. They include the colors violet, green, and orange. |
What are the tertiary colors? | When you mix equal parts of the primary and secondary colors. These colors include red-violet, blue-violet, blue-green, yellow-green, yellow-orange, and red-orange. |
What is a saturated color? | Saturated colors have neither white or black in them. |
What three groups make up the color wheel? | The primary, secondary, and the tertiary colors. |
What is a tint? | A saturated color that is mixed with pure white color. |
What is a shade? | A saturated color that is mixed with pure black color. |
What are three colors that are considered to be warm colors? | Red, Orange, and Yellow |
What are three colors that are considered to be cool colors? | Blue, Green, and Violet |
What are the five neutral colors? | Black, Grey, White, Brown, and Tan. |
What are the six types of color harmonies? | Monochromatic, Analogous, Complementary, Triadic, Split Complementary, and Neutral. |
What is a monochromatic color harmony? | Created by using tints and shades of one color. Include Navy Blue, Bright Blue, and Baby Blue, Cranberry, Brick Red, and Red, and Dark Green, Kelly Green, and Light Green. |
What is an analogous color harmony? | Created by three or more colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. Include Red, Red-Violet, and Violet, Blue, Blue-Green, and Green, and Yellow, Yellow-Orange, Orange, and Red-Orange. |
What is a complementary color harmony? | Two colors that are directly across from each other on the wheel. Include Yellow and Violet, Green and Red, Blue and Orange. |
What is a triadic color harmony? | Three colors that are located within equal distance of each other. Include Red, Blue, Yellow, Orange, Violet, and Green. |
What is a split complementary scheme? | Created by using any color and the colors located next to that colors complement. Include Yellow, Red-Violet, and Blue-Violet. |
What is a neutral color scheme? | Any combination of Blacks, Grays, Whites, Browns, and Tans. |
Gianna Horsley Period 7/8 |